Why adb shell am kill <PACKAGE_NAME> doesn't kill process?

Question

I want to kill app process of my app for testing purpose. I want to test activity restoration. I send my app to background by pressing home button. Then I run this command adb shell am kill <PACKAGE_NAME> in Android Studio terminal, but it doesn't kill app process.

Answer 1

Use force-stop instead

adb shell am force-stop package-name